5:1 Yahweh, remember what has happened to us. Look, and see our disgrace!
5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
5:3 We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are widows.
5:4 We must pay for the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5:5 We are closely pursued; we are tired, and no one offers us rest.
5:6 We made a treaty with Egypt and with Assyria, to get enough food.
5:7 Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.
5:8 Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from their hands.
5:9 We secure our food at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
5:10 Our skin is as hot as an oven from the ravages of hunger.
5:11 Women are raped in Zion, girls in the cities of Judah.
5:12 Princes are hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
5:13 Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under loads of wood.
5:14 The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.
5:15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
5:16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
5:17 Because of this, our heart is sick; because of these, our eyes grow dim:
5:18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate and has jackals prowling in it.
5:19 You, LORD, are enthroned forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
5:20 Why have You forgotten us forever, abandoned us for our entire lives?
5:21 LORD, restore us to Yourself, so we may return; renew our days as in former times,
5:22 unless You have completely rejected us and are intensely angry with us.
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